шикир
Northern Altai
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Mongolian чихэр (čixer), itself from Persian شکر (šakar) via Turkic, ultimately from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar, originally meaning grit, gravel”).
Noun
editшикир • (šikir)
Southern Altai
editEtymology
editUltimately from Proto-Mongolic *šiker, probably via Oirat.
Noun
editшикир • (šikir)
- (Teleut) sugar
Synonyms
edit- чикир (čikir)
Categories:
- Northern Altai terms borrowed from Mongolian
- Northern Altai terms derived from Mongolian
- Northern Altai terms derived from Persian
- Northern Altai terms derived from Turkic languages
- Northern Altai terms derived from Sanskrit
- Northern Altai lemmas
- Northern Altai nouns
- atv:Sugars
- Southern Altai terms derived from Proto-Mongolic
- Southern Altai lemmas
- Southern Altai nouns
- alt:Sugars